I don't understand the wisdom of signing new players to play for Lakers except that the FO is throwing away money. The team has Deng who is definitely better than those being hired and worst they are paying him tons of millions yet he is not being made to play. Understandably the former FO made a very decision in giving Deng the contract, but it's not the players fault beside the present FO wants to trade him and at the this stage nobody will in his right mind because they don't know how good he is right now because they don't see him play. It's basic in marketing to see and observe the performance of the product before making any decision to buy.

Look him up. There's article after article. I am expecting the movie rights to be sold soon...he's making guest appearances all over the place. Probably starting a lecture tour who knows. Everyone talks about his first game, but no one references the 2nd one.